Opportunities in Teaching High-Performance Sustainable Design to Architecture Students 
Date and Time: September 11, 2024 // 12 pm – 1:30 pm
Location: Borland Project Space (125 Borland Building)
Presenter: Rahman Azari

The Sustainability Teaching Roundtable Series, launched in fall 2019, transforms the culture of sustainability education and pedagogy, embedding it into the college’s teaching culture. The series convenes faculty, staff, and graduate students for focused presentations and discussions. Lunch will be provided at this event, and we encourage you to bring your own drink/water bottle. Pre-registration required, please RSVP here.

Rahman Azari is an architect, associate professor, and the founding director of Resource and Energy Efficiency [RE2] Lab within the Department of Architecture. Azari is also a co-funded faculty at the Institutes of Energy and the Environment. Prior to Penn State, Azari served as an assistant professor (2017-2020) and the interim director (2018-2019) of the architecture doctorate program at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) in Chicago, and an assistant professor (2013-2017) at the University of Texas San Antonio.

Azari’s research focuses on life cycle environmental impacts of built environments, innovative construction materials for energy production and carbon sequestration, and building energy and carbon efficiency. Azari was a recipient of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Upjohn Research Grant in 2019 and 2020, and a faculty sponsor to winning entries in the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) and AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE) Top Ten competitions in 2016 and 2017. Azari’s research has been widely published in various journal venues such as Energy and Buildings and Building and Environment.